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Workers on the Athens metro will be holding a work stoppage on Friday morning, which means there will be no service until after 9 a.m., while also warning of a 24-hour strike next week.

Workers on the Athens metro will be holding a work stoppage on Tuesday morning, which means there will be no service until after 9 a.m.

The walkout, which is designed to protest plans for the company's privatization, will affect the metro's lines 2 and 3, including service to Athens International Airport. It will not, however, affect line 1 of the ISAP electric railway.

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State-owned Attiko Metro last month asked for initial expressions of interest in tendering for the construction of the 13km expansion by June 30.

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Fare dodging and repeated strikes and work stoppages by employees of the Greek transport system are costing the state millions in lost revenues.

After announcing that they would be walking off the job on Thursday, workers on the Athens metro, ISAP railway and tram have said they will be holding two more 24-hour strikes next week.

Rolling strikes by public transport workers over cutbacks are to cause disruption over the coming days with no services on Friday on the Athens metro and tram before 10 a.m. and no service on the electric railway (ISAP) between noon and 4 p.m.

Services on the Athens metro, tram and electric railway (ISAP) will be subject to disruptions from Friday as staff demanding job security hold rolling walkouts.

On Friday there will be no services from noon to 4 p.m.

Athens metro and electric railway (ISAP) services will be less frequent from Good Friday to Tuesday, transport authorities said Tuesday.

There will be metro trains every seven to 10 minutes on Friday and Tuesday.